Lamentations of the Bearded Lady
I am the bearded lady. I am neither whining about my condition nor do I want your pity. For I do not need your…
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I am the bearded lady. I am neither whining about my condition nor do I want your pity. For I do not need your…
Read MoreTwo particularly significant types of borders divide the global world. There are the national borders separating different countries, and then there are the class…
Read MoreWhen looking for work – particularly the non-academic kind – remember that who you know is often as important, if not more important than…
Read MoreSome of our devoted readers may have wondered why we chose to call Allegra a virtual LABORATORY. That (one of) our primary aim(s) is…
Read MoreIn my last post I expressed my concern that an overemphasis on oblique anthropological theory was doing a disservice to young anthropology PhDs by…
Read MoreAllegra: A virtual Lab of Legal Anthropology is looking for new contributors eager to share some of their research findings or their views on…
Read MoreWhen I introduce myself as an historian, I am usually met with any one of a number of different reactions. There is the enthusiastic…
Read MoreAs is unclear to no one who has been following our posts recently, one of the main ideas for Allegra is to find creative…
Read MoreToday Allegra pays tribute to an extraordinary scholar and person – Jane Cowan! Jane Cowan is Professor of Social Anthropology at the Department…
Read MoreIt’s taken me a while to mentally unpack my experiences from the 2013 AAA conference. The conference itself came at a strange time for…
Read MoreAs we have said before, we are working hard here in Allegra to find clever & inspiring ways to tackle the challenge we have…
Read MoreIn law, much and according to some too much is taken for granted. The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals – originally published in…
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